Thread: The Official Guide: How To Make Your Own Shims

SWEET! my first sticky, that's just peachy. well... i'm going to bed, i'll edit this later 2 xplain why i m up text via PSP

*EDIT* my dad got on a grey hound yesterday morning around 5AM-ish and i still haven't got my hours normal yet so i just stayed up the entire night *cough-making strings-cough* to flip the hours. he also accidentlly bangs into my mac and i think he broke my ethernetport because i've try 3 dif. cords all to no avail. so i'm using the house pc(SLOWWWW) and using my PSP for browsing my wifi still works but the router only works with my step sisters laptop, and my PSP *:/ so until i can get a netgear router i'm pretty much F SO NOT KOOL

wow...vader got faster.

Nice work, Tobi.

Originally Posted by hacker001

does it only fit yyjs?

if you want it to fit a larger bearing seat sand the inside of the shim down more...

or punch a smaller hole for smaller seats.

Its home made, you can make it fit anything you want.

Originally Posted by YoYoPyro

wow...vader got faster.

wow...so he did.

Originally Posted by jhb8426

Nice work, Tobi.

thanks jhb, it means alot coming from you, i've much respect for you man.

i'm going to add some stuff to this, like different sizes,(and the yoyobrands they work with) tools, etc. plus i'm thinking on a short vid. to add a bit more body to the thread.
i'm thinking on making transparent plastic shims(maybe a FHZ box will suffice) with a teeny tiny logo on them (like the Jeff P. silicones and shox pads i've seen) only on little shims.
i'm just OCD enough to try that.

sweetness!
thanx man!

I like to make mine from original saskatchewan seal skin bindings.

What!?!

yay! no more waiting a week after breaking a shim for me!

a million thank yous

wow a sticky being used and it was mine, i'm touched :')
btw i should update this a bit.

Originally Posted by yobranyoman

yay now my question thread is answered with better advice!

very cool guide and I'm sure it'll help out many...

and I'm willing to bet that the credit card shims work out better than the fiber-board that YYJ uses to make theirs...I would think these would be a bit tougher and less likely to bend and warp like YYJ shims do...